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Title: SCOTTISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Reference number: 2947

Date: 1904

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 5.40 mins

Description: Footage of the returning expedition party from the 1902 - 1904 Antarctic expedition led by William Spiers Bruce, met on return to Scotland by veteran world traveller Sir John Murray at Millport, July 1904.

Scottish Antarctic Expedition led by William Spiers Bruce, 1902 - 1904. Yachts are the exploration ship ‘Scotia’, the ‘Gleniffer’ and ‘Triton’ belonging to the Coats family who financed the expedition to a considerable degree and who went to meet the expedition party returning. See notes file for article on the expedition.

Shotlist: [shotlisted with aid of information from donor]

views of ice floes taken from ship and shot of penguins [Antarctic?] (0.58) shots of sailing yacht Gleniffer and Triton (?) , and smaller steam sailing ships (2.38) [21 July 1904] shot of expedition yacht Scotia, expedition party arriving on shore from rowing boats at Millport Marine Biological Station being met by welcoming crowds and shots of expedition leader William Spiers Bruce (in admiral cap) and party walking up from boat, through crowds and then being given three cheers led by Sir John Murray, veteran world traveller. (3.42) shot of paddle steamer Marchioness of Lorne carrying relatives of expedition team and brief shot of deck of exploration yacht (4.12)